I’ve been taking vitamin D3 supplements for several years now. I was taking some earlier, but now taking more.
It seems as if every day a new story comes out about the importance of getting enough vitamin D—especially in cloudy weather or in the winter or if you don’t get enough sun for one reason or another.
I was a couple of years ahead of my doctor, who has been prescribing massive doses for some of my grownup children, to bring them up to snuff. I told all the kids to start taking this stuff, but I guess not all of them were listening. My wife, too.
If you are older, and taking calcium to prevent deterioration of your bones, you need it to help process the calcium, too. It appears to be very basic, and deficient in an awful lot of people.
Yes, a few years ago I informed relatives, who were taking calcium supplements, that they need to take Vitamin D3 to help absorb calcium or it's not going to be very effective.
I've also been taking it for a few years. My family tends toward depression, and keeping up with Vitamin D helps keep it at bay during the "dark months". My Dad's longtime remedy is a nice 5-6 week visit to Florida during the depths of the Michigan winters. He's done that ever since he retired, and whether it's physiological or purely psychological, it seems to have helped him. He's always spent a lot of time outdoors hunting and fishing. He'll be 90 next month, and has lived quite a bit longer then either of his parents. Although grandmother had diabetes from middle age, Dad avoided it until fairly recently. He managed with exercise and diet until just 3-4 years ago, when he started taking medicine for it.